HMS Belvoir (L32)

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NameHMS Belvoir
Ordered4 July 1940
Laid down14 October 1940
HMS Belvoir, 29 May 1945 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Belvoir
Ordered4 July 1940
BuilderCammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down14 October 1940
Launched18 November 1941
Completed29 March 1942
Honours and
awards
  • Sicily 1943
  • Salerno 1943
  • Aegean 1943
  • South France 1944
  • Adriatic 1944
FateScrapped 1957
BadgeOn a Field White, a Peacock's head erased Proper enfiled with a ducal coronet
General characteristics
Class & typeType III Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard
  • 1,435 long tons (1,458 t) full load
Length85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam10.16 m (33 ft 4 in)
Draught3.51 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
  • 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
Range2,350 nmi (4,350 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Complement168
Armament

HMS Belvoir was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was a member of the third subgroup of the class, and saw service in the Second World War. She was adopted by the civil community of Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire during Warship Week in 1942.[1]

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